New King James Version
Revelation 15:4
4Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, For Your judgments have been manifested.”
Revelation 15:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
- New International Version (NIV)Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
- New Living Translation (NLT)Who will not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed.”
Context of Revelation 15:4
2And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. 3They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints! Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, For Your judgments have been manifested.” 5After these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. 6And out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in pure bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands.
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τίς οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇ κύριε, καὶ δοξάσει τὸ ὄνομά σου; ὅτι μόνος ὅσιος, ὅτι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἥξουσιν καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν ἐνώπιόν σου, ὅτι τὰ δικαιώματά σου ἐφανερώθησαν.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Whoτίςtis · which?G5101
- shallφοβέωphobeō · to fearG5399
- ·οὐou · noG3756
- notμήmē · notG3361
- theeσύsu · youG4771
- O Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- glorifyδοξάζωdoxazō · to glorifyG1392
- nameὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
- forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
- onlyμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441
- holyὅσιοςhosios · sacredG3741
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- nationsἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
- shall comeἥκωhēkō · to come/be presentG2240
- worshipπροσκυνέωproskuneō · to worshipG4352
- beforeἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
- judgmentsδικαίωμαdikaiōma · righteous actG1345
- are made manifestφανερόωphaneroō · to revealG5319
Cross-references for Revelation 15:4
- Exodus 15:14“The people will hear and be afraid; Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
- Psalms 89:7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
- Isaiah 60:5Then you shall see and become radiant, And your heart shall swell with joy; Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.
- Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord. ‘Will you not tremble at My presence, Who have placed the sand as the bound of the sea, By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it? And though its waves toss to and fro, Yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
- Jeremiah 10:7Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For this is Your rightful due. For among all the wise men of the nations, And in all their kingdoms, There is none like You.
- Hosea 3:5Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days.
- Luke 12:4“And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
- Psalms 22:23You who fear the Lord, praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!
- Psalms 86:9All nations whom You have made Shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And shall glorify Your name.
- Isaiah 24:15Therefore glorify the Lord in the dawning light, The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.
- Isaiah 25:3Therefore the strong people will glorify You; The city of the terrible nations will fear You.
- Romans 15:9and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: “For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, And sing to Your name.”
- 2 Thessalonians 1:10when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.
- Revelation 3:7“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”:
- Revelation 4:8The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!”
- Revelation 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
Commentaries on Revelation 15:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Who shall not fear thee - That is, All should fear and worship this true God, because he is just and true and holy; and his saints should love and obey him, because he is their King; and they and all men should acknowledge his judgments, because they are made manifest.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord - Reverence and adore thee; for the word “fear,” in the Scriptures, is commonly used in this sense when applied to God. The sense here is, that the judgments about to be inflicted on the beast and his image should and would teach people to reverence and adore God. There is, perhaps, included here also the idea of awe, inasmuch as this would be the effect of punishment. And glorify thy name - Honor thee - the name being put…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Who will not fear … and glorify Your name?: This rhetorical question (see Jeremiah 10:7) suggests that only a fool would fail to do so (see Revelation 14:7; 16:9; Psalms 14:1; 53:1). You alone are holy: See Revelation 16:5; Leviticus 11:44; 1 Peter 1:16. God's holiness is the reason for our worship and salvation. All nations will come and worship: Some will be forced to acknowledge God (compare Philippians 2:10–11), but all will recognize that God's deeds…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Who shall not--Greek, "Who is there but must fear Thee?" Compare Moses' song, Ex 15:14-16, on the fear which God's judgments strike into the foe. thee--so Syriac. But A, B, C, Vulgate, and Cyprian reject "thee." all nations shall come--alluding to Psa 22:27-31; compare Is 66:23; Jr 16:19. The conversion of all nations, therefore, shall be when Christ shall come, and not till then; and the first moving cause will be Christ's manifested judgments…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Revelation 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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